07 April Report, Browns On The Rw

[Nortrad]

Tried the streamer stripping early on, only a few turns, one by a nice brown. Got the nymph rig going later in the AM. Landed a 17" brown on a Rainbow Warrior variation. Also landed quite a few feisty 'bows, many on an Eng Thing. This was below Baptist. Beautiful day, but could have used more clouds. Met a cool fisherman from up north CT way. He had fished the NFOW the day before. I gave him some tips. Went down to Parker's and worked my way upstream, landing an 18" brown and some smaller bows, RW again for the brown, they like... Spring is behind down there, not a lot of buds, a few flowers, water was great.

[salmotrutta]

Nice browns. Thanks for posting.

[Jeff Tief]

great pictures -really enjoy fishing for the browns in the Current River.

[Buzz]

Very nice fish.

[stlskyline]

Nice pictures. How was the river traffic with others out? Looking to get out later in the week.

[Gavin]

Glad you had fun! Thanks for the report & pics,

[Nortrad]

There were a few canoes, mostly fisherman who were floating/camping, and a few kayaks. Ran into the same guys downstream, not bad at all. Didn't fish Tan Vat.

Nice pictures. How was the river traffic with others out? Looking to get out later in the week.

[ozark trout fisher]

Nice pictures. My experience this year has been that the browns are doing okay....but not near as many rainbows as usual. Fine by me!

[BruteFish83]

Great photos. Sounds like and excellent trip!

[stlfisher]

nice pictures and great fish.

Traffic was brutal at Tan Vat last Friday and Saturday. Kinda depressing. Hopefully, it was just the first nice weekend that brought everyone out.